Sholanar alerts us that he has located another skull in Puerto Rico. The only issue is that it is under water. It is in the Puerto Rico trench about 10-15 thousand feet below sea level. We cannot go that far without a submersible vehicle. We need a submarine. Carter and Mina decide to hack International Aquatic Research Society. They also forge some really good credentials. We say we're doing some tectonics research.
We leave for the IARS Puerto Rico office. We are posing as researches from the university of Chicago. Cal poses as Alfred Anderson aka Fred he is a professor of geology volcanology and petrology a the u of Chicago. Connie and Mina are posing as grad students. Carter posing as a post doctoral student. And Toby and gator sub technicians.
We go to the facility and talk to an administrator. He is a big fan of Fred's. We applied for a grant and it has been approved. Offer to give us a pilot for the submersible but we decline the offer due to privacy of what we are actually doing. Provide piloting credentials. There is a storm coming in in three days and need to be back within two to avoid that complication.
Sub is 40 foot and the submersible is 8 foot with 2 clamps and a drill. Gator looks up some videos to acclimate himself to piloting the sub. We get some rest and plan to met the facilitator at the dock at 6am the next morning,
Next morning we arrive at the dock and get the sub loaded up and get acclimated to the sub and the submersible. Gator and carter are co piloting and doing a pretty good job. We have a debate about various cider beers while waiting for the sub to descend.
A few hours later we are in the trench and Acuros directs us where to go. Carter mans the submersible and is doing ok even with the chatter from Acuros. He is instructed to drill into the cliff face. After some time he hits something and the drill bit breaks. He brings it in and cal is able to replace it. This is our last bit. Carter gets it back out there and continues drilling. He uses the claws to dig silt out. Once the dust settles he sees the box.
The place is not stable so carter moves some rocks that are above the box as to prevent an avalanche. An hour and a half later he thinks he has removed enough to safely get the box out. Slowly he gets the claws around the box. Slowly bring it back to the submarine and get it loaded. We don't open it till we get back to the surface. Cal asks to collect some rock samples to help our cover story.
We make it back to the surface with no issues. We get the vest loaded into the vehicle and head to the hotel. We open the box and the skull is made of azurite, a green and blue skull. Connie pings it, it pokes around in her head and learns the language. His name is Larindin Forma and he is the mariner of the Brotherhood. He is slightly loud and enthusiastic.
We get back to the base and introduce him to the other skulls. He chooses a room and goes straight for the bathroom. We take him to the pool and he is in love. We get settled eat food and discuss what came to take next.
Sholanar alerts us that he has located another skull in Puerto Rico. The only issue is that it is under water. It is in the Puerto Rico trench about 10-15 thousand feet below sea level. We cannot go that far without a submersible vehicle. We need a submarine. Carter and Mina decide to hack International Aquatic Research Society. They also forge some really good credentials. We say we're doing some tectonics research.
We leave for the IARS Puerto Rico office. We are posing as researches from the university of Chicago. Cal poses as Alfred Anderson aka Fred he is a professor of geology volcanology and petrology a the u of Chicago. Connie and Mina are posing as grad students. Carter posing as a post doctoral student. And Toby and gator sub technicians.
We go to the facility and talk to an administrator. He is a big fan of Fred's. We applied for a grant and it has been approved. Offer to give us a pilot for the submersible but we decline the offer due to privacy of what we are actually doing. Provide piloting credentials. There is a storm coming in in three days and need to be back within two to avoid that complication.
Sub is 40 foot and the submersible is 8 foot with 2 clamps and a drill. Gator looks up some videos to acclimate himself to piloting the sub. We get some rest and plan to met the facilitator at the dock at 6am the next morning,
Next morning we arrive at the dock and get the sub loaded up and get acclimated to the sub and the submersible. Gator and carter are co piloting and doing a pretty good job. We have a debate about various cider beers while waiting for the sub to descend.
A few hours later we are in the trench and Acuros directs us where to go. Carter mans the submersible and is doing ok even with the chatter from Acuros. He is instructed to drill into the cliff face. After some time he hits something and the drill bit breaks. He brings it in and cal is able to replace it. This is our last bit. Carter gets it back out there and continues drilling. He uses the claws to dig silt out. Once the dust settles he sees the box.
The place is not stable so carter moves some rocks that are above the box as to prevent an avalanche. An hour and a half later he thinks he has removed enough to safely get the box out. Slowly he gets the claws around the box. Slowly bring it back to the submarine and get it loaded. We don't open it till we get back to the surface. Cal asks to collect some rock samples to help our cover story.
We make it back to the surface with no issues. We get the vest loaded into the vehicle and head to the hotel. We open the box and the skull is made of azurite, a green and blue skull. Connie pings it, it pokes around in her head and learns the language. His name is Larindin Forma and he is the mariner of the Brotherhood. He is slightly loud and enthusiastic.
We get back to the base and introduce him to the other skulls. He chooses a room and goes straight for the bathroom. We take him to the pool and he is in love. We get settled eat food and discuss what came to take next.